Amos 5:17-19

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁷ in all the vineyards there shall be wailing,
    for I will pass through the midst of you,
says the Lord.

¹⁸ Alas for you who desire the day of the Lord!
    Why do you want the day of the Lord?
It is darkness, not light;
¹⁹     as if someone fled from a lion,
    and was met by a bear;
or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall,
    and was bitten by a snake.